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Table VI. — Relation of size of farm to receipts from crops and Uve stuck. 



Range. 



Number 



of 

 records. 



Average 

 size. 



Per cent 

 receipts 



from 

 all crops. 



Per cenl 



receipts 



from 



tobacco. 



Per cent 

 i ect ipts 



from live 

 stock. 





19 

 •IS 

 51 

 33 

 15 

 12 



Acres. 



73 



L56 



251 



382 



571 



1,020 



03 

 58 

 56 

 50 

 48 

 43 



44 

 37 

 34 

 30 

 25 

 19 



34 



101 1 o 200 acres 



11 



201 to 300 acres 



43 



301 to 500 acres 



49 



501 to 700 acres 



50 





55 









178 



310 



55 



31 



44 







RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO DISTRIBUTION OF CROPS. 



The percentage area in crops decreases and the percentage area in 

 pasture increases as the size of the farm becomes larger, as shown in 

 Table VII. This relative variation is consistent with the facts 

 brought out in Table VI, since the increase in percentage area in 

 pasture would mean more live stock and thus a higher percentage of 

 receipts from this source. The percentage area in tobacco is largest 

 on the small farms. The small farmer increases the size of his 

 business by this means. More labor is thus emploj^ed per acre and a 

 greater income realized. In the case of other crops the size of the 

 farm apparently affects the distribution but little. 



Table VII. — Percentage distribution of farm area in 

 grouped on the basis of size). 



various crops {farms 



Size of farm. 



Number 



of 

 records. 



Ter cent 

 of farm 

 area in 

 crops. 



Ter cent 

 of farm 

 area in 



pasture. 



Per cent 



of farm 



area in 



corn. 



Per cent 

 of farm 

 area in 



tobacco. 



Per cent 

 of farm 

 area in 

 wheat. 



Per cent 

 of farm 

 area in 

 other 

 cereals. 



Per cent 

 of farm 

 area in 

 hay am] 

 mixed 

 forage. 



100 acres or less 



101 to 200 acres 



201 to 300 acres 



301 to 500 acres 



501 to 700 acres 



Over 700 acres 



19 

 48 

 51 

 33 

 15 

 12 



56 

 58 

 42 

 41 

 46 

 35 



39 

 41 

 54 

 53 

 53 

 59 



41 

 32 

 36 

 35 

 39 

 40 



15 

 11 

 10 

 9 

 8 

 7 



13 

 26 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 2:! 



13 

 10 

 13 

 16 

 16 

 14 



14 

 19 

 17 

 15 

 13 

 14 



All farms 



178 



47.9 



48.9 



36 



9 



24 



14 



15 



RELATION OF SIZE OF FARM TO DISTRIBUTION OF LIVE STOCK. 



Cattle predominate among the live-stock enterprises, an average 

 of 60 per cent being of this class, and about this percentage dis- 

 tribution is maintained on farms of all sizes, excepting farms over 

 700 acres in size, which show 75 per cent of animal units in cattle. 

 These facts are shown in Table VIII. Steers predominate on the 

 larger farms, while a larger percentage of cows and young stock are 

 kept on the smaller farms. The distribution of other kinds of ani- 

 mals is not influenced in any important way by the size of the 

 farm. The fact, however, that all farms have about the same amount 



